Organization: CEDAR Clinic/Lesley University

Professional area/s: psychotherapist.

John Maier is an clinician (LCSW) at the CEDAR Clinic in Brookline, MA, where he provides individual and group therapy to young adults at clinical high risk for psychosis. He also teaches classes in philosophy and psychology at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA.

John’s book "Options and Agency"  was published by Palgrave Macmillan in September 2022. His next book, which defends a view of addiction as a disability, is under contract with Routledge.

John is also a regular contributor to Psychology Today, where he has published an article on how to transition from being a philosophy Ph.D. to being a psychotherapist. Read "An Academic's Guide to Becoming a Therapist" here.